On June 2025, when the summer comes and the school year has ended, my friend and I went to the airport for going back to our home, which is in Java Island. For information, our school located on Salt Sumatra and we need a plane for going back to Java. At first, my mother said, our plane, which is super urgent, will get delayed for an hour. But first we were ok and waiting in the area. We played games, slept and even bought a lot of foods. But the plane did not arrive at the airport at the time. We were surprised because the plane delayed again and we had to wait. The airport staffs gave us fried chicken as the apologize food and we ate it for our lunch. Finally, on 7pm, the plane arrived in the airport. We did not expect the plane will arrive on 7pm because our first flight schedule should be on 1pm. A lot of customers were mad because of it. Also, when we arrived at Sukarno Hata International Airport located in Java, everyone could not get out from the pain because there was a storm and the airport staffs preparing umbrellas for us. Everyone did not understand how much pressure the flight staffs felt at the time and finally I managed to go to the main building and meet my parents. From that story I couldn’t blame the super Airjet flight attendants and airport staffs because it was not their fault why the plane delayed all of this journey caused by the weather.
Band 6+: Describe an occasion when you had to wait a long time for someone or something to arrive.
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In June 2025, when summer came and the school year had ended, my friend and I went to the airport to return home, which is on Java Island. For your information, our school is located in South Sumatra, and we needed a plane to get back to Java. At first, my mother said our plane, which was very urgent, would be delayed for an hour. At first, we were okay and waited in the area. We played games, slept, and even bought a lot of food. But the plane did not arrive at the airport on time. We were surprised because the plane was delayed again, and we had to wait. The airport staff gave us fried chicken as an apology, and we ate it for lunch. Finally, at 7 PM, the plane arrived at the airport. We did not expect the plane to arrive at 7 PM because our original flight schedule was for 1 PM. Many customers were angry because of this. Also, when we arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Java, everyone could not get out of the plane because there was a storm, and the airport staff were preparing umbrellas for us. Everyone did not understand how much pressure the flight staff felt at that time, and finally, I managed to go to the main building and meet my parents. From that story, I couldn't blame the Super Airjet flight attendants and airport staff because it was not their fault that the plane was delayed; this journey was caused by the weather.
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